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The characteristics of a musical note are

A. loudness

B. pitch

C. quality or timbre

D. All the above

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D. All the above


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The temperature of a large bucket-full of hot water (a few degrees below boiling point) is lower than a beaker full of boiling water. But

A. the hot water contains a much larger quantity of internal energy than the boiling water

B. the boiling water contains more quantity of internal energy than the warm water

C. both of them have got the same amount of internal energy.

D. nothing can be said definitely with the data given

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The unit of heat energy is

A. watt

B. degree

C. joule

D. erg

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A boat loaded with rocks floats in the middle of a swimming pool. A man in the boat throws the rocks overboard. The level of water in the pool will

A. increase

B. decrease

C. remain the same

D. first decrease and then increase

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The earth satellite Aryabhatta was put in orbit by India on

A. October 20, 1978

B. November 14, 1978

C. January 26, 1979

D. April 19, 1975

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Lightning is produced when

A. similar charges of electricity rush towards each other and then get repelled

B. clouds strike against impurities in air and the friction burns up these impurities

C. strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air

D. water vapour produces electricity in the clouds

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For detecting and, testing of small electric charges we use

A. an electrophorus

B. an electroscope

C. an electromagnet

D. an ammeter

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Before the invention of geostationary satellites, television stations could not transmit their programmes to far off places because

A. these signals are electromagnetic in nature

B. these are not electromagnetic in nature

C. their wavelength is very large

D. they are not reflected by the ionosphere but pass through it

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If a bar magnet is broken into two pieces

A. both pieces will lose their magnetism

B. one piece will have North Pole on both ends and the other South Pole on its both ends

C. each will remain a magnet with North Pole at one end and South Pole at the other

D. the longer piece will behave as a bar magnet while the smaller will have no magnetism at all

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Meteors

A. look like falling stars

B. are really pieces of rock or metal

C. burn up as they shoot through the air

D. All the above

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The source of electric energy in an artificial satellite is

A. mininuclear reactor

B. a dynamo

C. a thermopile

D. solar cells

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The mirage is a phenomenon

A. generally considered as a desert happening

B. caused by unequal heating of the several layers of the atmosphere above the desert

C. in which the refracted rays take a curved path resulting in total internal refection

D. All the above

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Separating particles from a suspension is effected by

A. centrifugal force

B. frictional force

C. gravitational force

D. distillation

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Halley's comet appears in the heavens once in

A. 40 years

B. 50 years

C. 76 years

D. 80 years

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Mercury is used in a barometer because

A. its density being very high 13.6 g/cm3 the height of mercury column is conveniently small

B. at the ordinary temperature its vapour pressure is small

C. it is opaque and does not wet glass

D. All the above

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Isotones are species of atoms containing

A. same number of protons but different number of neutrons

B. same number of neutrons but different number of protons

C. the same total number of protons and neutrons

D. same number of protons and different number of electrons

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The ringing of an electric bell in an enclosed evacuated glass bell jar is not heard outside because

A. the ringing is not loud enough

B. the glass of the bell jar absorbs the sound waves

C. the bell jar is too small

D. there is no air or -any other gas in the bell jar

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Acoustics is a property or

A. Physics

B. Chemistry

C. Biology

D. Economic

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Which is the densest planet of the solar system?

A. Sun

B. Jupiter

C. Mercury

D. Earth

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The presence of impurities

A. lowers the melting point of ice

B. raises the melting point of ice

C. has no effect on the melting point of ice

D. may lower or raise the melting point depending upon the type of impurities

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The speed of light is minimum while passing through

A. air

B. glass

C. vacuum

D. water

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The hydraulic jack to lift heavy vehicles in automobile service stations is one of the applications of

A. Pascal's law

B. Principle of Archimedes

C. Boyle's law

D. Hooke's law

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An electric fan converts

A. electrical energy into heat energy

B. electrical energy into mechanical energy

C. mechanical energy into electrical energy

D. mechanical energy into heat energy

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A tube light works on the principle of

A. chemical, heating and magnetic effects of electricity

B. discharge of electricity through gases

C. the action of ultraviolet radiation on certain fluorescent materials

D. Both (b) and (c) above

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A piece of ice is Boating In water kept in a beaker. When all the ice melts the level of water will

A. first rise and then fall

B. fall

C. remain the same

D. rise

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When a body is immersed in a fluid the force of buoyancy of the fluid on the body depends on

A. the immersed volume of the body

B. density of the liquid

C. acceleration due to the gravity at the place

D. All the above

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The phenomenon of spontaneous disintegration of certain heavy nuclei is termed

A. radioactivity

B. fission

C. fusion

D. implosion

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X-rays were discovered by

A. Wilhelm Roentgen

B. WO Coolidge

C. Henry Cavendish

D. William Watson

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The Indian Satellite System used for domestic communications, television and meteorology is known as

A. INSAT

B. Bhaskara

C. Aryabhatta

D. All the above

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When a swing la drawn to a side Its potential energy In relation to the earth

A. increases

B. decreases

C. remains the same

D. is constant

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In a refrigerator cooling is produced by

A. the ice that deposits on the freezer

B. the evaporation of a volatile liquid

C. None of the above

D. Both (a) and (b)